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    Would Battlefield 3 run on this?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by TheGiftedPotato, Dec 3, 2011.

  1. TheGiftedPotato

    TheGiftedPotato Notebook Guru

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    gt 540m
    i3-2330m DOWN CLOCKED to 1.8GHz (don't ask why, lol)
    4gb ram

    Thanks :D
     
    TheGiftedPotato, Dec 3, 2011
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    Probably at low-medium settings.
     
    ValkerieFire, Dec 3, 2011
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  3. TheGiftedPotato

    TheGiftedPotato Notebook Guru

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    Thanks, cause I was probably gonna buy it. Now I dont know if you guys could answer this, but do any of you know what the gaming difference would be between a i3-2330m under clocked at maybe 1.7GHz compared to a i3-2330m at stock?
     
    TheGiftedPotato, Dec 3, 2011
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  4. Mjolner

    Mjolner Notebook Evangelist

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    That CPU is pretty weak; you might be able to play on small servers but on larger ones the CPU is more important and you will get low framerates.
     
    Mjolner, Dec 3, 2011
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    m1_1x Notebook Evangelist

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    ^ sandy bridge cpu's are good for the game, theres a marginal difference from an i3 to an i5 in terms of BF3 fps.

    The gpu will be your bottleneck

    @ 720p you can get maybe 30-35fps at high textures and low-medium everything else.
    Not sure why you downclocked it lol
     
    m1_1x, Dec 3, 2011
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    I play with everything low just because it looks better on low than it does on high. So don't worry about playing it on low :D The high setting makes everything blurry, bloom out of control, and fuzzy.

    And this game has a ton of stupid crap like flashlights and laser sight which is just atrociously blinding on high settings. Low settings cut it down a bit.

    Suffice to say, BF3 Low is much better than BF3 high settings for me at least.
     
    Zymphad, Dec 3, 2011
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    BF3 is one of those games where even the lowest settings makes it beautiful haha

    but low for you is better than high, lol what :confused:

    edit: textures = low too?
     
    m1_1x, Dec 3, 2011
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